Luna sat atop of the grassy hill as a heavy downpour started to rain down on her head. "Who am I.." she whispered as she looked up at the stars causing drops of rain to fall in her face. "I know who I was.. and what I became.. but who am I now.." she bowed her head in sadness. "Am I nothing more than just the forgotten sister.."

"I don't know why everypony looks up to me.." she said as tears started to escape from her eyes. "I don't know why Celestia claims that she's proud of me... I'm not proud of me.." she thought back at that horrible night. The night she betrayed and nearly killed her own sister.

Gusts of wind started to blow past her head violently. "I lost myself.." the storm's rage started to grow. She walked over to a puddle of rain that had formed near her. She looked into her reflection. "I can't save what's left of you.." she slammed her hoof into the puddle causing the water to ripple.

Her mind was filled with visions of her old anger, her old violence. She saw herself torment and pain the ponies of Equestria. She remembered how the darkness swallowed her under. She screamed loudly at the raging winds surrounding her. She found herself crying again the moment she calmed down. "I just want to forget.."

Suddenly the memories returned to her. She remembered how their parents always praised Celestia but left her in the darkness. She remembered how proud they were when Celestia showed them her beautiful sun while they paid no attention to her so called "Cold lump of stone"

She screamed at the skies in anger causing the clouds to blast thunder across the land. "How about now Mother! Father! Am I powerful enough now!" she snapped at the storms as her magic covered the lands. "Do I make you proud!?" Suddenly her horn lost its glow. She fell to the ground and the thunderstorms disappeared, leaving the rain to taunt her.

"That wasn't a scheduled storm.." Rainbow thought as she was lying on top of her blanket, unable to fall asleep. She kicked the door of her shelter open and walked into the storm. The rain did not bother her, after years of working as a weather pony she had become quite used to it.

She walked through the meadow, the wet grass rustling against her legs. She noticed somepony lying in the grass at the top of the hill. She drew closer to investigate the pony. "Princess Luna..?" she said as she squinted her eyes at the alicorn lying in the distance.

Luna felt the wet grass rub against her as tears streamed down her eyes. "I'm still weak.." she said softly. "Princess! Is that you!?" somepony yelled at her from the distance. She didn't even bother to wipe the tears out of her eyes. She was too focused on her sorrows.

The blue pegasus neared the sad heap of a pony lying in the grass as the wind raged around them. Suddenly Dash noticed that she was crying. "Princess?" she said softly in a caring tone as she stood next to Luna. The alicorn looked up at her, her tears dropping into the grass from her face.

"Rainbow Dash.." She whimpered.

"You shouldn't be out here in the storm.." Dash said with a tone of care, not knowing what was bothering the princess' mind. Rainbow pulled Luna up from the ground and allowed her to lean on her shoulder as the rain assaulted their faces. "Come on.. Let's get you inside.."

The princess merely nodded as she stood, shaking on her hooves.

Rainbow Dash closed the door of her shelter as Luna sat herself down on Rainbow's blanket. The sound of the rain hitting the wood and branches, that formed Dash's sleeping place, filled the air. It was a calming sound. Luna noticed that her fur had soaked Dash's blanket. "I.. I apologize Rai-"

"Here, take this." Rainbow said as she grabbed a towel out of her bags and handed it to the weeping Princess. She sat herself down on the wet blanket, next to Luna. Her feelings would have to wait. This pony needed her right now.

Luna started to dry her mane with the towel. Rainbow could not help but let her eyes wander off as Luna dried the more delicate parts of her body. The princess started sobbing again causing the pegasus to snap out of her hypnotized state.

"What were you doing outside.." Rainbow asked softly.

"I do not wish to bother you wi-" Luna got cut off as she felt Rainbow's fur rubbing up against her, her arms wrapped around her tightly.

"It's ok Princess.. I'm here for you."

Luna wasn't sure about what she felt. It was like her worries melted away. She calmed down at the sound of Rainbow's heart beating softly against her chest. She was amazed at how something as simple as an embrace could cause so much feelings to stir inside of her.

"It's ok if you don't want to talk about it.. I understand.." Rainbow whispered.

Luna was amazed. This pegasus actually cared about her feelings. She didn't need to know what was on her mind. All she wanted to do was make her feel better. "Is this friendship.." she wondered. All she knew was that she didn't want to go back to her shelter. That would only cause her mind to go back to that miserable state.

"Rainbow Dash.." she said softly.

"Yes, princess?"

"Could I.. perhaps.. sleep here tonight?"

Rainbow could see the worry in her eyes. she sighed. "Sure Princess." she left the shelter and returned with Luna's blanket.

Rainbow laid herself down next to Luna, keeping her personal space in mind. "Sleep well, Princess.." she yawned.

"Call me Luna.." The princess said softly as she fell into a state of deep sleep.

"Luna.." Rainbow smiled to herself.

A little filly with a Rainbow colored mane was lying underneath the sheets of her bed. The sound of her family's shouting had kept her up all night. She could feel the house shake in its place as chairs were thrown through the living room. As young as she was, she was not oblivious to what was going on.

"Why can't they just leave him alone.." she whispered as a tear escaped from her eyes. "He's done nothing wrong.." she tried to cover her head with her pillow but it was no use. She just wanted to go to sleep, to start over again tomorrow. No, this problem wasn't going to go away with sleep. She always was a courageous little filly. She had to face it head on.

The filly climbed out of her bed, the muzzled sound of her father's angry screaming booming through her room. She opened her door and walked over to the top of the stairs. The angry yelling of a young colt could be heard coming from downstairs. "I don't care what you think! I love him!" The colt snapped at his father.

"Get out of my house! You don't belong here any more!" The older colt yelled, his wife cowering behind him.

"Fine!" The colt yelled as he grabbed his bags and walked towards the door. The little filly's eyes filled with fear. She ran down the stairs and jumped in front of her older brother, blocking his path. "No Summer! Don't go!" she screamed as tears poured from her face.

The colt smiled at his little sister as he wiped the tears out of her eyes and lifted her head with his hoof. "Stay strong Dashie.. And don't let anyone tell you that your feelings are wrong.. It's your feelings that make you who you are.. And you're perfect just the way you are." he said as a tear fell from his cheek. "I will always love you Dashie.." he said as he walked out of the door.

Suddenly the floor underneath her hooves collapsed causing her to fall into the darkness. She screamed for help as a dark voice shook the air around her.

"Do you dream while you sleep or is it an escape from the horrors of reality?"

Rainbow jumped out of her sleeping state, Sweating all over, tears in her eyes. She had never felt her heart beat as fast as it did at that very moment. It felt like it was about to jump out of her chest. She put her shaking hoof to her forehead as she gasped for air.

"Summer.." was all she could think as she started crying uncontrollably "Big brother.."

"Nightmares?"

She turned her head to see Luna sitting next to her, a look of concern in her eyes. She quickly wiped the tears out of her eyes and bit her lip in an attempt to hide her sadness. She was still shaking uncontrollably. Suddenly she could feel a warmth overwhelm her.

Luna had embraced her in a tight hug, her hooves clinging to Rainbow's back. She used her wings to cover them causing Rainbow to feel a warm feeling flow through her body as Luna's feathers slid past it. It allowed her mind to calm down. Slowly, but steadily, she stopped shaking.

"Luna..?" Dash asked as the alicorn released her.

"You did the same for me." she said smiling.

"How is that possible!?" Rainbow asked in confusion as she sat next to Luna, both of them resting atop their blankets.

"I do not know.. but I've felt it and I am sure Twilight Sparkle has as well. Something inside of the forest is causing any living being that enters it to experience nightmares. It shows us our darkest fears. Do not be fooled however, it cannot create nightmares without a fear to feed on.. It shows us our worst memories.. Things that we tried to suppress.. Tried to forget." She said as she thought back at her own nocturnal visions.

She looked at Rainbow Dash with an expression of worry on her face. "I would not be surprised if your friends are sleeping in terror as we speak.."